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Dinosaur: Protoceratops andrewsi
| Length*: | 2.15 m | 7.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 115 kg | 254 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Granger & Gregory
Year: 1923
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia, China
Region: Ömnögovi, Gansu Inner Mongolia
Formation: Djadokhta, Minhe
Locations
Sources
Material: At least several dozen individuals (skulls and postcranium).
References: Granger, W., Gregory, W.K. (1923). “Protoceratops andrewsi, a pre-ceratopsian dinosaur from Mongolia”.Słowiak, J., Tereshchenko, V.S., Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł. (2019). "Appendicular skeleton of Protoceratops andrewsi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): comparative morphology, ontogenetic changes, and the implications for non-ceratopsid ceratopsian locomotion.
